Metallic head for wooden kegs and the like



Dec. 11, 1 928.

G. E. MITTINGER METALLIC HEAD FOR WOODEN KEGS AND THE LIKE Filed May 26,- 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet Dec. 11, 1928. I 1,695,118

. G. E. MITTINGER METALLIC HEAD FOR WOODEN KEGS AND THE LIKE Filed May 26, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 improved metallic head.

Patented Dec. 11, 1928.

GEORGE EUGENE MITTINGER, or CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, omo.

METALLIC HEAD on WOODEN KEGS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed May 26,

This inventionrelates to improvements in metallic heads for wooden kegs and the like and a method of producing'the same and 1s an improvement on my U. 'S. Patent, No. 1,517,087, dated November 25, 1924. I

The primary object of my present 1nven-. tionis to stiffen the improved head by means of radiating portions to receive the shock of the package when it should be dropped from a railroad platform or other place. Thereceptacle or package is for the purpose of containing nails, bolts,nuts, rivets, etc., that v are to be transported fromplace to place. It is found that such packages are frequently dropped sometimes from quite an elevation and the package when it strikes is most likely in such a position that the shock is received on the head, or at the head of the package. The shockcauses an outward pressure on the head, and it. is the object of the present invention to prevent thehead from being bent outward by the shock, or'in extreme cases the head displaced or partially displaced. Should the head be displaced, its contents fall around and pile up and must be removed.

After a series of experiments and tests, I have succeeded in so improving the, head that it is stiffened sufficient to fully withstand the endwise shock due to the dropping of the package as above stated.

I have also devised the present improvementsin a manner which will preventthe package from being moved out of a true circle by the shock, thus maintaining the head within the receptacle at all times during transportation, which will stand the extreme rough use to which such receptacles are subjected.

I accomplish the foregoing results by forming in the horizontal portion of the head a plurality of double stems that radiate from substantiallythe center of the horizontal portion, whereby the. head is prevented from' being distorted out of a true circle and therefore prevented from being displaced or partially displaced by means of a shock. 1 Other objects of-the invention will appear from the following description thereof to which reference is made.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a top perspective view of my Figure 2 is anend or bottom perspective view of my improved head.

Figure 3 is a central vertical sectional View may extend no further than 1926. Serial no. 111,783.

pf the improved head applied toa Wooden e I V Figure 4' is a central sectional view of the finishedarticle. j I

I wish it understood that although I refer to the article as ahead for kegs, itican ape ply to both ends of akeg, that is it will form a head for the bottom orthetop or both ends of the keg, and therefore in using the term head it i eludes both ends of the receptacle. p j

My improved head comprises a peripheral portion which is made substantially' u shaped in cross section. this is meant that, it has an outer flange 2 and ,an inner flange 3, and the inner flange connected at its. lower end by atransversely arranged integral portion 4 that makes a closure for the keg. Thus far I have described only what is disclosed in my aforesaid patent. Coming now to the improvement so far as the article herein is concerned, it'consists in forming in the horizontal portion 4 radially arrangedfdoubled portionsor ribs 5. At tention is particularly direc'ted'to the fact that these portions 5 extend substantially from the lower edge of the inner flange 3 to substantially the center of the horizontal portion 4. While I out aflecting the present invention; Inthe do not show these ribs extending to the center of the head 4, I wish 1t understood that they may so extend withform here shown I leave a small circular u part 6, because it serves a good place for stamping a number in the keg, the contents of the keg, and because the center portion is so small that it inward push that may occur by reason of a shock. As just stated, however, they here shown but may extend substantially to ,thecenter.

withstands any I These radially extendingribs are pushed downward and in cross section they-form a m U-shape as shown at when so formed are very'stiff, so far as end- 7 7 in Figure 4, for being 1 pressed together orsubstantially together as shown. It will be understood that these ribs wise pressure is concerned. Since these ribs arearranged radially. in respect to the head, V they will receive the shock irrespective of the exact point-the shock mayoccur, as the spokes ofa wheel so far as resisting the pressure due thereto.

Attention is also directedto the fact that the outer ends 8 of these ribs 5 taper, as do exactly 1 also their inner ends 9. By reason of these tapered ends, the outwardly expanded portion 11 that fits into the inner groove 12 of the staves 13 of the receptacle can be removed by hammering down on the central portion 6, or upon any part between the outer ends 8 and the inner ends 9. By ham- Inering the said horizontal portion downward, the expanded part 11 will be Withdrawn from the groove 12 in a manner substantially as shown in igure 3 of my patent hereinbefore mentioned.

From the foregr'iing it Will be seen that a head With the present improvement isadapt' ed to Withstand a sidevvise sho'ck such as these packages receive many times in transportation without the head being thrown outof circle, and therefore \vithout its positien being disturbed.

In forming this head with these radiating ribs approximately 2-5 or necessary metal for forming" the ribs is provided by a streteli of the metal, While the other 75 or 50% is provided by the upward bulged portion.

I desire it to-be' understood that modifications and variations may be made in the invention above-described without departing from the spirit of the invention so 1611;; as the modifications are yvithin a fair interpretat'ion of the appended claim.

When the ribs 5 are compressed until their adjacent Walls are iii engagement, thus refining ribs Which will withstand severe strains from Within the keg, then it is necessary to curve the ends of these ribs 5 as shown at 8 and 9 in order to enable the head to be depressed sufliciently to Withdraw the outwardly expanded portion 11 from the groove 12.

Having thus described my invention, What I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patam is An attachable and detachable metallic head for wooden kegs andthe like comprising a Wood body having at itsinner side near one end an annular 'roove," a metallic head having an outwardly extending U- shaped periphery embracin said end of the keg, the inner wall ofthe shape expanded outwardlyinto said groove and the herizontal portion of the head provided with a plurality of downwardly and radially extending; doubled closely compressed ribs vvithj their adjacent Walls in engagement, the said walls forming substantially one for sustainmg pressure from vvithin by the contents of the keg, both ends of the gradually tapered downwardly in easy curves are line with the said head to permit the head to be depressed, whereby the said head will Withstand inward pressure and can be depressed doivnivardly for the purpose of Withdrawing the eitpanded portion from the groove formed the said keg,

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix' my signature GEORGE EUGENE airmen. 

